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State Parks * Soil and Water Conservation * Outdoor Recreation Planning Natural Heritage * Dam Safety and Floodplain Management * Land Conservation
Senate Finance
Economic Development and Natural Resources Subcommittee
October 5, 2017
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Department AuditJanuary 2014: General Assembly requests APA conduct Special Review due to report of problems with oversight of federal grants and concerns of overall fiscal management.
April 2014: Department placed under new management.
June 6, 2014: APA audit report issued with 93 findings; mostly due to lack of agency specific policies, failure to follow state polices/accounting procedures, but no evidence of widespread fraud, waste or abuse.
Spring 2017: APA conducts audit
Spring 2017: 81 audit findings are complete; remaining 12 require ongoing testing to ensure compliance with agency policies
April 2017: Department completes all corrective actions
August 2017: FEMA conducts audit of grants; no findings
Grant Agreements with SWCDs• Guide the distribution and disbursement of funds and ensures accountability
• Requires the involvement, reporting, implementation ofo Virginia Agricultural BMP Cost‐Share Programo Virginia Agricultural Tax Credit Programo Conservation Reserve Enhancement Programo Voluntary BMP Installationo TMDL Development and Implementation Processeso Agriculture Stewardship Acto Resource Management Plan Program
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Budget Template • Initially developed in 2012 by stakeholder advisory group• Current template program areas designed to capture entire costs
associated with providing programs including programs not funded through DCR (Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act)
• 4 key program areas: o Central operations o Agricultural program implementation o Dam maintenance o Environmental education
• Peer‐reviewed processo One representative from each District areao Review submissions for outliers
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FY2017 Cost‐Share Fiscal Expenditures (as of October 1, 2017)
Total Funding Allocated by VSWCB to SWCDs $52.6
Total Funding Requested by Producers $50.6
Total Funding Approved by SWCDs $47.7 Total Funding Pending Approval $2.9
Subtotal $50.6
Total Obligations Paid $22.5
Highlights of RMP Program
• As of August 31, 2017:o 388 RMPs covering over 92,000 acres
• 323 plans in implementation phase• 50 in the development or assessment stage• 15 being reviewed by Technical Review Committee
• 10 certified • Totaling 2,335 acres
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Purpose of Stakeholder Advisory GroupChapter 836 (2017); Item 364 R Stabilize Agricultural BMP Funding
• Evaluate and provide recommendations on:o Increasing the portion of any deposit to the WQIF reserve; o Limiting the portion of the WQIF reserve that may be utilized; o Evaluating combined revenues available from the WQIF and the Natural Resources Commitment Fund in a given fiscal year; and
o Distributing funds to be deposited across a biennial period.
• Must consider the impacts on the staffing and technical assistance needs of the SWCDs 7
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Appropriations: Total vs. WQIF/VNRCF
$0
$10,000,000
$20,000,000
$30,000,000
$40,000,000
$50,000,000
$60,000,000
$70,000,000
$80,000,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total Appropriations WQIF and VNRCF Appropriations
NOTE: SWCD administration and operations funds are not included.
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Recordation Fee Revenue
$0
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
$12,000,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total Appropriations Actual Revenue
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Funding for District Operations
$0
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
$3,000,000
$4,000,000
$5,000,000
$6,000,000
$7,000,000
$8,000,000
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Administration and Operations Support Technical Assistance Support
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SWCD Needs – Budget Template
Year
Administration and operations support
needs
Total administrative support needs
(Includes dam repair and DCR support
funds)
Cost‐share technical support
Total program delivery support
needs
2014 $8,054,395 $9,123,680 $4,758,589 $13,882,269
2015 $8,478,554 $9,821,082 $4,965,636 $14,786,718
2016 $9,121,195 $10,403,939 $5,042,231 $15,446,170
2017 $9,428,266 $10,830,763 $5,204,089 $16,034,852 Average needs $8,770,603 $10,044,866 $4,992,636 $15,037,502
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Innovative Agricultural Practices• Use of technology to increase efficiencies
– Nutrient applications (nitrogen and phosphorus)– Pesticides
• Producer expenses– Equipment (new or retrofit existing equipment)– Testing for zone or grid sampling
• Working with partners to ensure credit is given for using innovative practices
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Precision Nutrient Management
• FY2017 – offered a precision nutrient management BMP (NM‐5)
• FY2018 – refined BMP; separate BMPs now for nitrogen (NM‐5N) and phosphorus (NM‐5P)
• For FY2017 and FY2018 – More than 375 practices requested– Over 20,558 acres included in requests– Unfunded requests total more than 44,000 acres
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Clyde E. Cristman, Director600 East Main StreetRichmond, VA [email protected]‐786‐6124
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